Smart Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Fundamentals, Strategies and Applications (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems and Technologies: Sustainable and Intelligent Perspectives)

This book presents an analysis of the existing surveys in the literature of batteries, chargers, control systems, battery management systems, plugs, sockets, drives, and fuel-cell-based and plug-in smart electric and hybrid vehicles.It provides detailed comparative analysis of parameters of intelligent electric and hybrid vehicles with conventional vehicles and in-depth knowledge of power electronics tools in smart electric and hybrid vehicles.This book compiles the research work and findings in advancements of smart electric and hybrid vehicles from automobile, mechanical, electronic, electrical, computer science, and allied engineering domains and explains how smart electric and hybrid vehicles can be utilized without harmful emissions over the entire lifecycle of a vehicle and how reliance on fossil fuels can be reduced. Features:Discusses different types of lightweight and robust materials for the fabrication of smart electric and hybrid vehiclesPresents computational models, emerg